Helix-dipole effects in peptide self-assembly to amyloid

Biochemistry
Gai LiuNoel D Lazo

Abstract

The formation of amyloid fibrils is associated with incurable diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and type 2 diabetes. Important mechanistic details of the self-assembly are unknown partly because of the absence of a clear structural characterization of intermediates. There is experimental evidence, however, for α-helical intermediates that has come primarily from circular dichroism spectroscopy. Here, we strengthen the evidence for helical intermediates by demonstrating helix-dipole effects in the early events of self-assembly. Previously, we showed that capped peptides containing the part of the islet amyloid polypeptide that may be responsible for the initial intermolecular contacts (Acetyl-R(11)LANFLVHSSNNFGA(25)-NH(2) and Acetyl-R(11)LANFLVHSGNNFGA(25)-NH(2) which contains the S20G mutation associated with early onset type 2 diabetes) self-assemble via helical intermediates [Liu et al. (2010) J. Am. Chem. Soc.132, 18223-18232]. We demonstrate here that when the peptides are uncapped, they do not self-assemble as indicated primarily by circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance data. Self-assembly is restored when the charge on α-NH(3)(+) of Arg11 is eliminated but not when the charge on α-COO(-) of Ala25 is...Continue Reading

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